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The 'musical dream play' Bluebell In Fairyland is presented at The Vaudeville Theatre, London, England, UK, during a run of 300 performances.The Mabel Hazelton Burlesque Company, including a "good Vaudeville bill", is playing at The Dewey Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
The "musical absurdity" Twirly-Whirly is presented at Weber And Fields' Music Hall, New York City, USA, during a run of 247 performances.The "uproariously funny musical farce" The Billionaire, starring Jerome Sykes, is presented at Daly's Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA.
Chu Chin Chow, billed as 'A Musical Tale of the East in Fourteen Scenes - Company of 300' is playing at His Majesty's Theatre, London, England, UK, Europe, during a run of 2238 performances.Variety magazine reports that popular fiddler and Victor
Records recording artist Mellie Dunham is "propositioning the radio broadcasters for a
$100 fee for 15 minutes of broadcasting".
Columbia
Records vocalist Herb
Jeffries plays the ninth night of two weeks at The Shelbourne
Lounge, New York City, USA.
Dizzy Gillespie records Groovin' High, I Can't Get Started, A Night In Tunisia, Oop-pop-a-da and Jumpin' With Symphony Sid during a radio broadcast live from Birdland, New York City, USA.
The Irving Berlin musical and political satire Call Me Madam is playing at The Coliseum, London, England, UK, during a run of 485 performances. Main cast members are Billie Worth (Sally Adams), Anton Walbrook (Cosmo), Jeff Warren (Ken Gibson) and Shani Wallis (Princess Maria). Songs include The Hostess with the Mostes', It's a Lovely Day Today, The Ocarina, They Like Ike and You're Just in Love.
The musical revue New Faces Of 1952, is presented at The Royale Theatre, Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 365 performances. The revue is perhaps best remembered because it features Eartha Kitt making her Broadway debut with the spectacular song, Monotonous, based on real events in her life.
The stage musical How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, starring Rudy Vallee, is playing at the 46th Street Theater on Broadway, New York City, USA, during a run of 1,417 performances.The Kingston Trio are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.
The Sonny Rollins-Don Cherry Quartet does a live tv broadcast in Rome, Italy, Europe.
Jerry Vale is playing at The Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Burl Ives, with producer Owen Bradley, records Girlie Magazine and Once Upon A Time in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Brenda Lee records What You Gonna Do and It's Another World in Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Aven ue South, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 
Christian country music singer-songwriter 
The Treniers are playing during a lengthy engagement at The Sahara Lounge, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Ahmad Jamal is playing during a one-month engagement at The Top Of The Gate, New York City, USA.
The Amboy Dukes play at Burton's, Uxbridge, England, UK, Europe. (N.B. This is an English band, not the American one led by Ted Nugent)
The Fallen Angels play at Le Cave, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
A superstar gathering takes place at a recording session for the album McGough And McGear, under the supervision of The Beatles' Paul McCartney, at De Lane Lea Studios. In the studio are Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones, Graham Nash of The Hollies, Dave Mason of Traffic and Zoot Money.
It is reported that the Sunn Musical Equipment Company has signed The Who - notorious for smashing up musical equipment during their live shows - to a product endorsement contract.
The rock musical The Beatles are in the new studio in the basement of their Apple headquarters on Savile Row, London, England, UK, Europe, recording Don't Let Me Down.
Flow complete recording of their album, Flow, at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for CTI Records. The band includes Don Felder, later to play with The Eagles.
The Moody Blues are recording their forthcoming album A Question Of Balance in Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England, UK, Europe.
Duran Duran's Sing Blue Silver tour plays at the International Exhibition Hall, Nagoya, Japan, Asia.
Jon Bon Jovi issues an official apology for his recent observation that American football team the New York Giants were, "a bunch of sun-tanned faggots in LA."Sting is awarded a Golden Globe Award for his song Until from the soundtrack of the film Kate & Leopold.
Punk quartet Violent Delight release a new single, I Wish I Was A Girl, on Warners Records in the UK.
President of the United States, Barack Obama, in his inauguration speech, states, "Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America." In
another example of the extent to which popular songs are integrated and influential in society and politics, Obama is almost directly quoting the lyric of the 1936 Jerome Kern song Pick Yourself Up.
Singer, guitarist and songwriter Keb' Mo' plays at The Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.
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Keb' Mo' plays at The Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA.
Donny and Marie Osmond play Ellie Goulding and her band spend the first of six days rehearsing at Music Bank, London, UK, for an imminent European tour.
As Barack Obama's Presidency of the USA comes to an end, several music stars say their farewells. Rihanna posts a picture of Obama to Instagram along with the caption "worst break-up ever". Kendrick Lamar tweets "We really gonna miss you champ. The good you've done and opportunity’s you've given. Truly never know what we got til its gone. Thank u". One Republic write, "Goodbye Pres. Obama, thx for the service - u finally get to sleep in - SOAK IT UP!!" Lizzo describes Obama's departure as her "first heartbreak",and Bebe Rexha says, "You have a good heart".
On their Sleep Well Beast tour, The National play at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.1901 |
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